2014 HUNTER DRAWING RESULTS

 

2013/2014 Hunter drawing results

City Cat! putty tat!

 Wow, what a surprise I got none of my first choice picks again this year! I have 4 Juvenile hunters that got refused on there hunts as well? I for one am getting tired of spending large amounts of money just to hear the word NO!  

 The price of the tags and license keep going up and what we get to harvest keep going down. We now have to purchase a Columbia river basin tag, you have to purchase a Sturgeon tag as part of the sportsmen pac, are we even able to fish for Sturgeon? I spent time and money putting four kids through hunters safety coarse, purchased clothes, riffles, hunting licenses just to keep hearing no they don't get there youth tags!!
 I can go out to almost any part of this state and find elk, deer and guess what, now you can even see cougar in the city limits. One was killed recently on 122nd and Glisan, one sighting in Happy Valley and another is living in a park in Hillsboro. A black bear was caught in a tree on 42nd and Columbia blvd? Still keep hearing no to my hunting picks.
 How does the state really know how many animals there are in any giving area. My guess is they really don't they just make to much money with the current system of draw tags and the word NO?
 I was told recently that a gentlemen went fishing on the Des chutes river and caught 25 fish and only one was fin clipped (Hatchery). The state is closing all the hatchery's down on the Sandy river and Clackamas river. So I can purchase a fishing lic/tag and play catch and release all day when all the fish are wild-not hatchery fin clipped.
  Sorry about the rant I just had to get it off my chest. Good luck to those lucky lottery winners this year that get to go hunting in a place they wanted to go.